Commonsense Christianity

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It’s time to bring to a close the age-old debate about whether dogs or cats — and the people who prefer one to the other — are smarter. Not because the general populace has accepted the final resolution of the issue […]

Sometimes, the truth is so simple that it’s difficult to believe. Take manipulation, for example, which is to control another person’s behavior, generally without his knowledge, and in an unscrupulous manner. The word is not used in a positive sense. […]

Contemporary Corporate Christianity“And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15)
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Deception is Brilliant and . . . Wrong"The men put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy." (Joshua 9:5)
It's not necessarily a compliment to be called clever, cunning, canny and shrewd, although in the society in which I live, the United States, fooling peopl

When Our Strength Is Our God"They sweep past like the wind and go on -- guilty men, whose own strength is their god." (Habakkuk 1:11)
The society in which I live, the United States, is one which extols wit, cunning, business acumen, financial savvy, confidence, and strength.
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Three Things God Wants Us to DOHe has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
Those of us who attended church in the 1980s are familiar with the musical version of this verse. As with any Scripture that is set to mus

Does It Bother You, That People Lie to Us?"Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?" (Habakkuk 1:3)
For many years, like many people, I was contentedly asleep, focusing the majority of my time on minor, day to day things, allowing those things to swallow up an inordinate proportion of my thoughts: I accepted